2016 Archtober and Open House NY
Archtober
Archtober is a month long celebration of Architecture. Archtober includes tours, lectures, films and exhibitions that focus on the importance of architecture and design in everyday life. It is organized by the Center for Architecture in collaboration with partnering organizations across the city, the festival raises awareness of the important role of design in our city and the richness of New York’s built environment. The Cooper Union community is very much a part of the Archtober festivities.
10/4 to 10/22 Nader Tehrani, Dean, Chanin School of Architecture, Daniel Libeskind AR ’70 , Laurie Hawkinson AR ’83, Gina Pollara AR ’91, Bradley Samuels, AR ’05, are part of a group exhibition, Work in Progress, which showcases alternative visions for New York City development projects, as well as a photographic survey of active construction sites throughout the city. Learn More
 Bradley Samuels, AR ’05 |
Nader Tehrani, Dean, The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture |
Daniel Libeskind AR ’70 |
Laurie Hawkinson AR ’83 |
Gina Pollara AR ’91 |
10/10/16 Liz Diller AR’79 speaks at ColumbiaUniversity
“Unfinished Business,” Bettman Lecture Series: Materialities and Technologies,
Room 612 of Schermerhorn Hall at 6PM. 
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10/11/16 Building of The Day, Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage,
Gia Mainiero, AR ’06 gives a guided tour of this facility located at the corner of Spring Street and West Street, this complex includes three district garages for the NYC Department of Sanitation, accommodating over 150 sanitation vehicles, separate vehicle wash and personnel facilities for each district, and centralized fueling and repair facilities.
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM TUESDAY, 10/11/16, AIANY Tours, 500 Washington Street, New York, NY 10014
10/17/16 Mark West AR’80, MIT professor and founding director of The Center of Architectural Structures at the University of Manitoba, speaks at NYIT
Pressure Building: A New Architectural Language of Fabric-Formed Concrete
October 17, 2016
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM, NYIT Auditorium on Broadway
New York, NY
10/19/25 Jennifer Sze, AR ’05 is the speaker for Construction Realities: Cornell Tech, At the AIA Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place.
10/25/16 Current Work, Giancarlo Mazzanti,
7:00 p.m., The Great Hall, The Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street. Free admission for The Architectural League of NY members. Free admission for CU faculty and Students. Others $15. Co-sponsored by The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union and Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Presented in association with Archtober, Architecture and Design Month New York City, October 2016. Moderated by Chris McVoy.
10/27/16 to 12/03/16 The thirteenth Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (XIII BEAU)
This traveling exhibit will be exhibited for the first time in the United States in Cooper Union’s Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery. The exhibition, entitled Alternativas / Alternatives, features 22 jury selected projects completed between January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2015 by contemporary Spanish architects. The installation, which also includes an additional 20 shortlisted works, features large-scale image displays and audiovisual commentary about the winning projects, as well as drawing reproductions and architectural models. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Learn More
Full list of Archtober participants
Open House NY
Open House NY is a weekend event that is organized by . It is part of a worldwide movement to engage a broad public in a conversation about architecture, public space, and the future of urban life. This year, it takes place on October 15 and 16. In some cases, the buildings have been designed or renovated by allumni. In other cases, alumni are are taking part.
Lee Skolnick AR’ 79 renovated the National Lighthouse Museum, located on the promenade St. George, Staten Island.
Meredith Bergmann, A’77, is a sculptor and poet. See a sculpture by Meredith Bergmann titled, Pinky, at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, 1047 AMSTERDAM AVE, MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, Manhattan. “Pinky” was an enslaved girl whose freedom was purchased by Reverend Henry Ward Beecher and his congregation. This piece is a memorial to those who suffered on 9/11. Pinky’s hands are expressing healing and they are halting two jet airplanes.
Noah Xfir A’95 has an exhibit in the Go ART! festival held at – the Brooklyn Army Terminal.
Brooklyn Army Terminal
140 58th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11220
Chashama Open Studios
Building B, Floor 4, Studio #B47
N/R subway to 59th St Station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. http://www.chashama.org/event/batopenstudios2016